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ANT100 Archaeology Reworked Test
Questions With Updated Answers
era - answers✔✔a major division of geological time, tens or hundreds of millions of years
long, usually distinguished by significant changes in the plant and animals kingdoms; also
used to denote later archaeological periods, such as the prehistoric era
culture - answers✔✔a uniquely human means of nonbiological adaptation; a repertoire of
learned behaviors for coping with the physical and social environments
evolution - answers✔✔the process of change over time resulting from shifting conditions of
the physical and cultural environments, involving mechanisms of mutations and natural
selection
anthropological archaeology - answers✔✔archaeological investigations that seek to answer
the fundamental questions about humans and human behavior
prehistory - answers✔✔time before written record
historical archaeology - answers✔✔archaeology in combination with the written record
artifacts - answers✔✔any object or item created or modified by human action
site - answers✔✔the accumulation of artifacts and/or ecofacts, representing a place where
people lived or carried out certain activities
fieldwork - answers✔✔the search for archaeological sites in the landscape through surveys
and excavations
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surveys - answers✔✔a systematic search of the landscape for artifacts and sites on the ground
through aerial photography, field walking, soil analysis, and geo-physical prospecting
excavations - answers✔✔the exposure and recording of buried materials from the past
research before fieldwork - answers✔✔libraries/written research about the area, maps and
aerial photos
field notes include - answers✔✔- location, site number, map number, which field, and
position of the field
- archaeological material found, types and number of artifacts
- observations about the site and surrounding areas
method for finding information from buried sites - answers✔✔- soil samples through
auger/corer or test pits
- traces of phosphate left by bone, feces, urine, etc. shows human habitation
ground penetrating radar (GPR or georadar) - answers✔✔an instrument for remote sensing or
prospecting for buried structures using radar maps of subsoil features; bounces
electromagnetic waves off of subsurface features
roles in an archaeological dig - answers✔✔- excavation director
- field crew
excavation director - answers✔✔requires knowledge and planning for field, fundraises
money to pay workers, records information, monitors field laboratory
field crew - answers✔✔most involved with the labor intensive part of dig
important factors in preservation of a site - answers✔✔- age of site
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- effects of erosion and deposition
- bioturbation
- humidity and acidity conditions
bioturbation - answers✔✔activities of plants and animals in the earth, causing disturbance of
archaeological materials
factors in selecting a site - answers✔✔- rescue excavation from expanding society
- results from survey
result of excavation on a site - answers✔✔destruction
characteristics of a site grid - answers✔✔- coordinate system for horizontal measurements
- oriented to local topography
- determined in relation to global latitude and longitude
- control points/site datum located as point or origin for vertical measures
- total station
total station - answers✔✔a computerized surveying and mapping instrument that uses a laser
beam or radio waves to measure the distance and angle between the instrument and the target
and then calculates the exact position of the target
archaeological record - answers✔✔the body of material and information that survives for
archaeologists to study
context - answers✔✔the association and relationships between archaeological objects that are
in the same place
primary context/in situ - answers✔✔an object found where it was originally located in
antiquity, not redeposited
13/11/2024 3:10PM
ANT100 Archaeology Reworked Test
Questions With Updated Answers
era - answers✔✔a major division of geological time, tens or hundreds of millions of years
long, usually distinguished by significant changes in the plant and animals kingdoms; also
used to denote later archaeological periods, such as the prehistoric era
culture - answers✔✔a uniquely human means of nonbiological adaptation; a repertoire of
learned behaviors for coping with the physical and social environments
evolution - answers✔✔the process of change over time resulting from shifting conditions of
the physical and cultural environments, involving mechanisms of mutations and natural
selection
anthropological archaeology - answers✔✔archaeological investigations that seek to answer
the fundamental questions about humans and human behavior
prehistory - answers✔✔time before written record
historical archaeology - answers✔✔archaeology in combination with the written record
artifacts - answers✔✔any object or item created or modified by human action
site - answers✔✔the accumulation of artifacts and/or ecofacts, representing a place where
people lived or carried out certain activities
fieldwork - answers✔✔the search for archaeological sites in the landscape through surveys
and excavations
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surveys - answers✔✔a systematic search of the landscape for artifacts and sites on the ground
through aerial photography, field walking, soil analysis, and geo-physical prospecting
excavations - answers✔✔the exposure and recording of buried materials from the past
research before fieldwork - answers✔✔libraries/written research about the area, maps and
aerial photos
field notes include - answers✔✔- location, site number, map number, which field, and
position of the field
- archaeological material found, types and number of artifacts
- observations about the site and surrounding areas
method for finding information from buried sites - answers✔✔- soil samples through
auger/corer or test pits
- traces of phosphate left by bone, feces, urine, etc. shows human habitation
ground penetrating radar (GPR or georadar) - answers✔✔an instrument for remote sensing or
prospecting for buried structures using radar maps of subsoil features; bounces
electromagnetic waves off of subsurface features
roles in an archaeological dig - answers✔✔- excavation director
- field crew
excavation director - answers✔✔requires knowledge and planning for field, fundraises
money to pay workers, records information, monitors field laboratory
field crew - answers✔✔most involved with the labor intensive part of dig
important factors in preservation of a site - answers✔✔- age of site
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- effects of erosion and deposition
- bioturbation
- humidity and acidity conditions
bioturbation - answers✔✔activities of plants and animals in the earth, causing disturbance of
archaeological materials
factors in selecting a site - answers✔✔- rescue excavation from expanding society
- results from survey
result of excavation on a site - answers✔✔destruction
characteristics of a site grid - answers✔✔- coordinate system for horizontal measurements
- oriented to local topography
- determined in relation to global latitude and longitude
- control points/site datum located as point or origin for vertical measures
- total station
total station - answers✔✔a computerized surveying and mapping instrument that uses a laser
beam or radio waves to measure the distance and angle between the instrument and the target
and then calculates the exact position of the target
archaeological record - answers✔✔the body of material and information that survives for
archaeologists to study
context - answers✔✔the association and relationships between archaeological objects that are
in the same place
primary context/in situ - answers✔✔an object found where it was originally located in
antiquity, not redeposited
